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can someone explain why option a is wrong
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Computer engineers commonly suffer from eye strain and fatigue, caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.


(A) caused from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.

(B) caused because they sat too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.

(C) a result from sitting for lengthy periods of time too near to a monitor.

(D) a result which came from sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.

(E) a result of sitting too close to a monitor for lengthy periods of time.


Why is A wrong
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According to me A is wrong because caused from is used when an instance action takes place.

A result of is used when consistent efforts lead to something bad so here excessive sitting for long period of time resulted in the problems

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